Poem
by Dadolin Murak of Timor-Leste
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ETAN Calls for End to Military Coup
and Repression in Myanmar
March 22, 2021
Contact: John M. Miller, Coordinator
ETAN, +1-917-690-4391
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As the death toll continues to climb and
resistance to military rule in Myanmar
continues, the East Timor and Indonesia
Action Network (ETAN) strongly
condemns the February 1 military coup
d’état in Myanmar (formerly Burma) and
the ongoing violence being perpetrated
by the Myanmar military against the people. We call for an immediate
end to military rule and repression.
ETAN stands in solidarity with the
people of Myanmar as they once again are
called on to resist military oppression.
Our hearts and encouragement are with
them, and ETAN activists around the
world are working to get our own
governments to support their rights. We
applaud the resilience of the people of
Myanmar and join with people across
Southeast Asia, including in Timor-Leste
and Indonesia, who stand in solidarity
with them.
Since ETAN’s inception nearly 30 years
ago, we have campaigned against U.S.
government military and diplomatic
support for authoritarian regimes and
their human rights violations.
We
come together with people of conscience
everywhere to urge corporations and
governments to be on the right side of
history.
We call on the U.S. government to
immediately end all financial,
economic and political support to
the Myanmar military regime. We urge
all U.S. and transnational
corporations not to support the
Myanmar military (Tatmadaw)
through natural resource
extraction, online services, or
other economic activities.
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The military in Myanmar must
immediately end its assault on
its people, free any political
prisoners, and step aside to
allow the elected government to
resume its work by respecting
democracy and ensuring the human
rights of everyone in the
country.
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We urge all governments, especially
Myanmar’s ASEAN and other neighbors,
to similarly sever ties with
Myanmar’s security forces by ending
any weapons sales to, joint
exercises with, and training of its
military and police.
As the world learned from the
victorious struggle of the people of
Timor-Leste against Indonesia’s
illegal occupation, determined
resistance can overcome even the
most brutal military force. Such
regimes lose their last shreds of
legitimacy when they declare martial
law, censor the media, imprison
peaceful advocates, and attack and
murder public protesters.
Reprehensible acts like these
strengthen the resolve of the people
to reclaim their rights, and of
people everywhere to act in
solidarity.
The military in Myanmar must
immediately end its assault on
its people, free any political
prisoners, and step aside to
allow the elected government to
resume its work by respecting
democracy and ensuring the human
rights of everyone in the
country.
See also
Dadolin
Murak, one of Timor-Leste’s leading poets has expressed their solidarity:
'Everything Will be OK'
Ó hanesan ai-funan roza
be foin atu hamorin Myanmar
ida-be dois no hahu dodook
dadaunteki-teki asu-fuik
haksoit no silu tohar tiha
ó
Ó latan ba rai
raan naksulik
hanesan kadalak ki’ik-oan
ida
maibé asu-fuik ne’e haluha
katak ó-nia raan be suli
ne’e
sei haburas fali ai-funan
roza sira seluk
basá ó-nia iis morin ne’e
sei halanu asu-fuik be kaer
kilat iha liman
asu-fuik ne’e mós haluha
katak ó mós iha tarak
O-nia tarak sei sona borus
asu- fuik nia fuan
to’o sira monu hakdasak
hakneak no husu deskulpa ba
ó
iha loron ida - everything
will be OK!
